Jeff Hickman honored IM Rotary graduates Sherri Fenton and Matt Turek for completing all six sessions….

 

President Dale Chilcote congratulated young Rotarians (eight of them) who were named to the Traverse City Business News’ 40-Under-40 class… The Kingsley trio led the singing with a Rotary first – Greg Luyt played his mandolin and did it using a pick style, not a strum….

 

Mike Wills introduced visiting Rotarians and guests… Gary Hogue gave the invocation.

Now that Rotary has made a $1 million offer to the city to help fund the purchase of the old coal dock property, the big question is – How will Rotarians (and others) get across busy M-22 to access the property?
 Rotarian Bob Stow smiled when he heard that question at Tuesday’s Rotary meeting.
“That’s something that hopefully we’ll be working on,” he said. “There aren’t any easy answers. But right now a van carries passengers across M-22 to ride on the tall ships, so we might start out going that route. But hopefully we’ll be talking about long term solutions.”
Marsha Smith, representing Rotary Charities, and John Hall, chair of Rotary Camps & Services, were both hopeful that Traverse City Light & Power and the city commission would be receptive to the offer.
 “It’s not a done deal by any means,” said Marsha.
 “But we think it could be the region’s next Open Space,” said John, meaning it would open up access to many citizens.
 The next step is for Light & Power and the city commission to discuss the purchase at a student session at the end of this month.
 And for someone to figure out: How will the Rotarian cross the road?

Rotarian Jim Graham from Indiana gave a riveting presentation about the fight to eradicate polio and the political obstacles faced in places like Afghanistan.
He told the story of Hakim and his family and their struggle against Taliban forces. Thanks to the work of Jim and his family, Hakim was able to start a school in Afghanistan that included teaching both boys and girls. He also was able to supply the people in his village with much-needed medicine after going to medical school and also getting his teaching degree.
Jim reminded Rotarians of the importance of donating to the polio eradication fund. Sharron Zimmerman introduced the program.

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